[Bug 1397663] Re: sudo does not properly initialize libgcrypt

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*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 869166 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/869166

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: sudo (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  sudo does not properly initialize libgcrypt

Status in sudo package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  The following warnings can be found in syslog:

  pieter-local at test-02:~$ grep "please fix the application" /var/log/syslog |grep sudo
  Nov 30 12:20:20 test-02 sudo: Libgcrypt warning: missing initialization - please fix the application
  Nov 30 12:25:15 test-02 sudo: Libgcrypt warning: missing initialization - please fix the application
  Nov 30 12:46:27 test-02 sudo: Libgcrypt warning: missing initialization - please fix the application
  Nov 30 13:15:02 test-02 sudo: Libgcrypt warning: missing initialization - please fix the application
  Nov 30 13:16:57 test-02 sudo: Libgcrypt warning: missing initialization - please fix the application

  These seem to be related to the following change:

  http://git.gnupg.org/cgi-
  bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libgcrypt.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=7627f9646701e88c827bbadd1231221d5f0c89a6

  It looks like that sudo does not properly initialize libgcrypt. From
  looking at the above patch, it does not seem to do any harm, since the
  lib will then initialize itself. When trying to find issues on a
  system, warnings like this will make things a bit more cloudy then
  needed. A proper implementation for this would be beneficial to the
  system in general.

  These warnings are present in 14.04.

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